In one of the rare voices from behind the veil of China’s military lockdown in Tibet, a Tibetan woman has told an undercover international news reporter that Tibetans have no rights and are beaten to death for speaking the truth.
In one of the rare voices from behind the veil of China’s military lockdown in Tibet, a Tibetan woman has told an undercover international news reporter that Tibetans have no rights and are beaten to death for speaking the truth.
The situation in Tsoe region of Kanlho, eastern Tibet is being described as tense following the self-immolation protest of Sangay Gyatso on October 6. Exile sources with contacts in the region have told Phayul that the entire region is
In what is being termed as a “historic change” to the age old Geluk Gyuktoe Chenmo (Gelukpa University Examination), science studies have been introduced in the highest examinations conducted by the Gelukpa University. Monks studying in the final four years of the regular monastic study programme and the first two years of the Geshe Lharampa
When someone kills a man, he is put in prison. When someone kills twenty people, he is declared mentally insane. But when someone kills 200,000 people, he is invited to Geneva for peace negotiation- Sarajevo joke, circa 1994
Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama is currently on a fortnight’s visit to the United States, during which he is scheduled to travel across six states, interacting with the public, giving public talks and teachings.
Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay has said the issue of Tibet should be “on the table” during talks between India and China. “I believe Tibet should be on the table as a foreign issue,” Dr Sangay said. His statement comes days after the Indian Defence Minister AK Antony
In continued crackdown at the Nyatso Zilkar Monastery in Zatoe region of eastern Tibet, another Zilkar monk has been arbitrarily detained by Chinese security officials for unknown reasons. Tenzin Sherab, 28, from Dharmar nomadic village
Tibetans and supporters in the Tibetan exile headquarters of Dharamshala held special prayers and led a candle light protest Friday in solidarity with Tibetan self-immolators. The Central Tibetan Administration held a prayer service
Long after Chinese occupation of Tibet, the Dalai Lama’s exile, after the Cultural Revolution which left Tibet shattered, after Deng Xiaoping traded communism with consumerist market economy and even after world had given up on Tibet and non-violence, the Tibetans have not stopped doing two things: praying and singing.
